Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Lithuania at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	60 in 11 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and ninth overall in Summer Olympic history.

Athletics

Lithuanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1][2]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Valdas Dopolskas	Marathon
Remigijus Kančys
Arturas Mastianica	50 km walk
Marius Šavelskis	20 km walk
Tadas Šuškevičius	50 km walk
Marius Žiūkas	20 km walk

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andrius Gudžius	Discus throw

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Neringa Aidietytė	20 km walk	N/A
Eglė Balčiūnaitė	800 m
Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Marathon	N/A
Diana Lobačevskė		N/A
Kristina Saltanovič	20 km walk	N/A
Eglė Staišiūnaitė	400 m hurdles
Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė	20 km walk	N/A
	Marathon	N/A

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Airinė Palšytė	High jump
Zinaida Sendriūtė	Discus throw

Basketball

Men's tournament

The Lithuanian men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish after the final match of the EuroBasket 2015 in France.^[3]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	OQT 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.

Boxing

Lithuania has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. London 2012 bronze medalist Evaldas Petrauskas and European champion Eimantas Stanionis had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Evaldas Petrauskas	Light welterweight
Eimantas Stanionis	Welterweight

Canoeing

Sprint

Lithuanian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1 200 m
Ignas Navakauskas	Men's K-1 200 m
	Men's K-2 200 m
	Men's K-2 1000 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Lithuanian riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Lithuania has entered one rider to compete only in both women's sprint and keirin at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's keirin

Gymnastics

Artistic

Lithuania has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Robert Tvorogal had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Robert Tvorogal

Modern pentathlon

Lithuanian athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in the modern pentathlon event.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Laura Asadauskaitė	Women's

Rowing

Lithuanian rowers have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mindaugas Griškonis	Single sculls
Rolandas Maščinskas Saulius Ritter	Double sculls					N/A
Aurimas Adomavičius Martynas Džiaugys Žygimantas Gališanskis Dominykas Jančionis	Quadruple sculls					N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lina Šaltytė	Single sculls
Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė	Double sculls					N/A

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Juozas Bernotas	RS:X

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Gintarė Scheidt	Laser Radial

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Lithuanian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[9][10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simonas Bilis	50 m freestyle
	100 m freestyle
Danas Rapšys	200 m freestyle
	100 m backstroke
	200 m backstroke
Giedrius Titenis	100 m breaststroke
	200 m breaststroke
Simonas Bilis Danas Rapšys Giedrius Titenis	4×100 m medley relay			N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rūta Meilutytė	100 m breaststroke

Wrestling

Lithuania has qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg into the Olympic competition as a result of his wrestle-off triumph at the first meet of the World Qualification Tournament.^[11][12]

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edgaras Venckaitis	−66 kg

See also

• Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
2. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. "Lithuania Into Final, Czechs Create History". FIBA Europe. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
4. "Azerbaijan’s Yana Alekseevna delivers an inspired performance as Europe’s top boxers book places at Rio 2016". AIBA. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
5. "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
6. "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
7. "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Men's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
8. "Nineteen Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Radial Places Awarded At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
9. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
10. "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
11. "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
12. May, William (22 April 2016). "Uzbekistan, Sweden Double Up in Bronze Medal Playoffs at 1st World OG Qualifier". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 22 April 2016.